Fastening device.



No. 772,984. PATENTED'OGT. 25, 1904 Z. B. WEBB.

FASTENING DEVICE.

, APPLIOATION FILED 0 01222, 1903.

' no MODEL.

" A TTQRNEY.

] UNITED STAT S Patented October 25, 1904.

PATENT OFFICE:

ZAIDA B. WEBB, OF FLORHAM PARK, NEW JERSEY, ASSIGNOR TO GRAY LITHOGRAPHCOMPANY, OF NEW YORK, N. 'Y., A CORPORATION OF NEW YORK.

FASTENING DEVICE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 772,984, dated october25, 1904.

' Application filed October 22, l 903. $erlal No. 178,009. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Beitknown that I, ZAIDA B. IVEBB, of Florham Park, in the county ofMorris and State of N ew J ersey, have invented a new and ImprovedFastening Device, of which the following is a full, clear, and exactdescription.

My invention relates to improvements in that class of fastening deviceswhich is used to attach meeting or overlapping parts in such a mannerthat the parts may be readily fastened or unfastened, as desired.

One of the chief objects of my invention is to produce an ornamentalfastener which is particularly applicable foruse in fastening the coversof bonbon-boxes and other .boxes, for securing the parts of a booklet,and for forming napkin and other rings, though my invention is notlimited to any of these uses. In consonancewith the above idea I providea fastening preferably in the form of some complete ornamentalarticle--such, for in stance, as a butterfly or a flower-in which whenthe overlapping parts are unattached part of the design will appear onone portion of the parts to be united and the remaining part of thedesign will appear on the second part of the meeting articles.

From a mechanical point of view the object of my invention is to producea design of great simplicity which can be easily manipulated and whichwill serve to hold the parts together with the necessary strength.

' To theseen ds my invention consists of a fastening device theconstruction of which will be hereinafter clearly described and claimed.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part ofthis specification,

. in which similar figures of reference indicate corresponding parts inall the views.

F gure 1 1s a perspective view of a box w1th its.cover closed and heldby my improved fas' as applied to a common form of folding box 10,having a cover 11 folding over a flap. 12 onthe box; but my inventionhas no relation to this style of box and can be used with many kinds ofboxes or wherever it is desirable to fasten overlapping parts together,though, as previously stated, its use is more largely intended forornamental devices. As applied to the box the top part 11 has a slot 13,which is long enough to receive the wings 14 of the flap 12 andis wideenough to permit the wings when folded together to be thrust throughit.In the particular design shown the wings 14:- are. made to represent thewings of a butterfly and are cutout of the material of the flap 12, asshown at 15, While the body of the butterfly is indicated by suitablemarkings between the wings and in the part corresponding to the tail ofthe butterfly, and the slot 13 is also made in the general shape of abutterflys body, tapering at one end. At. the wider part or the head endof the slot 13 a representation of the head of the butterfly is made onthe part 11, the head showing the usual antennae, and this head portionforms apparently an extension of the slot 13. Consequently when thewings are thrust through theslot 13 and the cover' ll folded down to itsclosedposition there is a good representation of a butterfly apparentlylying free on the box top, as shown in Fig. 1, the markings 16 showingthrough then'arrowendof the slot 13 i and the head. portion forming anapparent continuation of the butterflys body. When the wings are spread,as in Fig. 1, they serve, as will be apparent, to prevent the accidentalraising of the cover 11.

I have shown a butterfly as forming-the particular fastening describedbut obviously many other designs can be used-as, for instance, thefigure or design may represent a flower, as shown at 14d in Fig. 4, inwhich case the stem of the flower can be marked on the adjacentmaterial, as shown at 16? in the same figure.

InF1g. 3 I have shown a napkin-ring 18,

which can be made of paper, celluloid, or any suitable material, andhere the overlapping part has a slot 19, while the underlying portionhas a fastening-flap 14: in the form of a flag.

In Fig. 4 I have shown the application of the fastener to a booklet, inwhich the part 20 represents the cover, the part 21 the back, and thefastening flaps or wings are in the form of a flower 14", which can becut out from the under part, as already described, and which are adaptedto extend upward through the slot 22 in the part 20.

In Figs. 3 and a I have not shown the details as to how the fasteningparts are cut out of the lower member, because this is exactly as inFig. 2, except for the change in design.

From the foregoing description it will be clear that the fasteningdevice can be applied to very many articles, that the essential thing isto have the device when in fastened position represent a complete figureor design, and that it is also important, but not absolutely essential,to have the fastener ornamental. It will also be understood that while Ihave shown an elongated slot to receive the fastening means or flapsthis slot may be of other shapes, if preferred.

In the claim I refer to the fastening parts which extend through theslot as \vings," meaning by this term to include flaps or other flexibleequivalents and not to confine lnvself creature.

Having thus fully described my invention, I claim as new and desire tosecure by Letters Patent- The herein-described fastenin device, comprising two parts or members adapted to lie one over the other, the toppart being slotted and the under part having a wing cut out therefrom,the said wing being adapted to he pushed through the slot of the upperpart and extended, the said wing and the upper part being eachornamented so that the design of each is incomplete in itself but thedesign is completed by fastening the parts as specified.

ZAIDA B. \YEB B.

\Vitnesses:

\Vammx B. HU'JCIIINSON, l J. G. DUNBAR.

literally to the wings of a butterfly or other

